Some authors are comfortable with software such as Microsoft Word or Apple’s Pages but they are not exactly great for authors. There are other products intended solely for writing novels. Check out how you can improve your writing with author-specific tools that make a difference.

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. – William Wordsworth

It takes care of the formatting and conversion, before you have even finished writing. It allows you to work online and with other contributors (such as your editor). On completion, you can effortlessly export perfect ePub files or typeset print-ready PDF files that can be sent instantly to print-on-demand services such as Ingram Spark. (WEB BASED)

Scrivener provides a more intuitive solution that can really simplify the most important part of your self-publishing venture: your book. It has a versatile interface that offers the ability to edit more than one section at once, preview your entire novel, create a corkboard brainstorming area to record all your ideas, and a drag and drop planning area. :

There is no shortage of free writing tools out there and most of them are similar to Focus Writer. The main goal being an app that provides a blank canvas to write on, in full-screen view and nothing else. FocusWriter is free and works across Windows, Mac, and Linux. Some optional features are available if you’re looking for something more than a blank page.

Self-Editing and Writing Macros (free)

Authors may be aware of Tech Tools for Writers, a great website which provides a list of writing macros that we have experimented with via some of our more capable authors. Macros change the way authors can revise their writing. Below is a list that Tech Tools for writers compiled. These are what we call self-editing macros, designed to work with Microsoft Word and have been utilized successfully by our indie authors.

It checks them against the references and displays a hyper-linked list of matches and mismatches. Particularly helpful if you’ve written a nonfiction book for print. This tool helps you to sort out your references after you’ve written your book.